Tlingit myths and texts / recorded by John R. Swanton.

  • Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Tlingit myths and texts / recorded by John R. Swanton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    famine in the town whither the people had moved. Some among them had died. Then the chief thought about the way the slave’s baby was cr3'ing. He kept cr}dng louder; “Little fat, Little fat,” he cried. Ilis mother said, “He is crying for the inside of a clam.” But the slave had a piece of fat on her side for her bab3^ She sat up with it. Its mouth was greasy all over. At once she confessed to him. She said to her master, “He is there. The things that he has are man3'.” Then all started thither. Indeed it Avas a great quantit3^ of things that he had. The wife of his uncle who had hated him tried to make herself look prett3% but Avhen she wiped her face something got inside of the rag and she cut her face. But the one who had thrown some- thing into the post hole for him, he thought kindl3’^ toward. Then the people moved to him. He willed, however, that the food should not till his uncle or his uncle’s wife. Just where tho}'^ lay, his uncle and 3Hi'-At-naoligA'sli3’^a. a'xo alAX”t!. where the people moved to. Among them some died. yu-ade'q-dagA'xya 3'u'gux ye'tk!°. TsIas aka' the way was crying the slave’s baby. Only to it A'Ave a'watjct yuanqa'wutc This thought about the chief ke up alvAnati'n. daga'x cried in this way yetk!°. child. 5m'gux ye'tk!°: “Ta'yaklwe, ta'3'^aklwe.’ the slave’s ' baby; “Little fat, Little fat.” he was adding [he was mak- ing it louder], Yrdv Yilk Out daga'x yu'gux “ Ga'Lgeyl'awe “The inside of a clam it is yi'aya.silk'^,” he is calling for,’’ Out duLa' his mother cried the slave’s 3%awaqa said. XAtc kitc3’c'dawe a'datln yu'guxtc duye'tk!” q!es. But a piece [of fat] had the slave her baby for. a piece [of fat] • on her side Do'qlwA da'wAlitetLl'. Its mouth was greasy all over. Wanani'sawe an 3'en At once to him there ye so An ca'odiqe. With it she started to sit up. Ye an Thus to aka'wanik duslatl' tin. “A'avu bo she told her master to. “He is there. TcIuLe' nfia! ka'odowAiia'ade naq! Then thither all started. gwayu' Leq one dudji'. LukAtcta'dAna it was he had. Tried to make herself look pretty Du'yeda Af^e'gu ayu' Atu'x- Her face was wiping when inside of it (rag) We'doqles gfi's!-k!i Itl'di At The one for him ‘posthole into some- threw, thing aka'wanik she told it to him (her him master). Alc'ii At ca'yAlahe'nawe dudji'.” Many things there are many he has.” TcayA'x gwa'yuaLc'n At-cayA'lahen Like it it was great there quantity of things Atl'yia duka'k cAt Acak!a'ne-a. it was his uncle’s wife, At some- thing wuge'q WUXI X. got. DuwAckA' Her face the one that had hated him. awaklA'kl'^. she cut. ea qo a however. klede'n At to'ditAii. in a good way some- thing TcIulc' doxA'nt naoligA's! yu'antqeni. Then to him moved the people. food would kaotitli'k duka'k qa duka'k cAt. he was dead his uncle and his uncle’s wife. 10 he started to have thought. Yuduka'k qo'a ye Atu'ditAn,. His uncle, however, so he started to think of yu Atxa Iqle'a ku'nAx du'nugu qa duka'k cat. Tc!a a'de taye'df awe' not fill him and his uncle’s wife. Just at it he lay where Yu-AcI't-wudacI'yia duka'k cAt The one that helped him his uncle’s wife